2019 General Recruiting Thread

[Uspshoosier]

It’s also a very misleading stat. Jeremiah Francis? We barely recruited him. Jalen Lecque? Sure, we extended an offer but understood very quickly he was in it for the money. Brandon Newman? We had our pick of either him or Armaan, but we weren’t going to take both.

While I believed we should’ve landed one of Harris, Quinones, Carton, or Bouknight, 2/22 isn’t terrible when a “great” class could have simply been 3/22.


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2/6 for recruits that made official visits


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[Alford Bailey]

My frustration is why can we not put together a friggin complete roster? We either have zero presence down low or cant shoot the three. Get a couple guards in here that can shoot! Its the obvious need.

[schoosier]

14 hours ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

He hated UK with a passion too. I just think it's gotten worse! Out of hand. 

He could not stand Loudo Henson for the same reason. The coaches all know who’s cheating just look at the FBI transcripts. My God Creighton was involved in this cesspool. That’s all you need to hear the NCAA has lost all control. Everyone seems to have sources except IU and our compliance dept ratting us out for excessive mileage lol. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

2/6 for recruits that made official visits


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This is what I look at.

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3 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

2/6 for recruits that made official visits


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That certainly makes it sound better.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2/22 certainly doesn't sound that impressive on the surface, but our former coach probably had 40+ offers out and I don't think his success ratio was likely much better.  

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2/22 certainly doesn't sound that impressive on the surface, but our former coach probably had 40+ offers out and I don't think his success ratio was likely much better.  

5/40 ish


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[HoosierAloha]

Which 2 (or 5) go a long way in determining how good the recruiting class. I have faith that TJD and Franklin will help improve IU.


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[WayneFleekHoosier]

2/22 wouldn’t be as bad if we wanted a 2 person class.

2/22 when we want a 3 or 4 person class and now the options are limited makes it worse.

Take Purdue for example. Identified and wanted Jaden Ivey. Got him early and he is better than his rating.

Getting your early targets has better optics.

Keion Brooks I think really threw us off. I think the staff expected to get him. I don’t think we actively recruited strong for that position outside of Brooks.

Brooks and DJ Carton. Land those 2 with our current group and we are competing with the big boys.


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[RaceToTheTop]

I think when you say things like 'Jaden Ivey is better than his rating' you get stuck in the mentality of making a personal prediction/opinion into a fact....which its not.  There are obviously some pretty in tune evaluators that don't think he is better than that.  And the truth is that I think often evaluations after a guy has signed become effected by where they signed at, not on any actual progress they made.

Conversely, I think too many people in the IU fan base would say that if we signed a guy that was ranked 219th on 247 that we settled.  Painter seems to be getting a pass/credit right now because of the success of the program the last couple of years.  If all it took to be right in the future was to be right in the past, then I would assume after players like Oladipo/Sheehey/Anunoby would have translated to Crean consistently getting underrated finds.  There is an awful lot of luck involved.  It seems to me it wasn't long ago that Purdue went through a string of underperforming players leaving the program.  

[RaceToTheTop]

FWIW, Brunk coming in for two years doesn't make it a two man class.  Brooks certainly was the guy we didn't get that we thought we would, but we also know that under previous management that missing on a player like him lead to giving scholarships to illogical reaches like Priller, April, Gelon, etc.  It takes discipline to not give scholarships to players whom hurt the program's numbers in the long run when you miss on your top choices.  Jalen Windham is a perfect example.  By all accounts, Miller did the work on Jalen Windham and decided he was not worth using a scholarship on.  Could Windham end up being worth one?  Sure.  But I would rather have a coach who does the work and not panic and throw darts.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Re:Ivey glowing reports this spring. He’s outplaying his ranking thus far, I’d bet he’s one of the ones that jump when rankings get updated.


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[RaceToTheTop]

2 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Re:Ivey glowing reports this spring. He’s outplaying his ranking thus far, I’d bet he’s one of the ones that jump when rankings get updated.


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He may be better than his current ranking, but even if his ranking increases that doesn't make him 'being better than his ranking' a fact.  And a guy ranked at 219 can be better than his ranking and still not be a big ten level player.

I'm just pointing out that if we brought in a player ranked 219th, this board wouldn't exactly be thrilled regardless of whether he inched closer to 150.  Painter is given a pass (deserved or not) based on recent team success.  A lot of things get hidden (particularly that Purdue was very pedestrian on defense) when you have guys that can shoot the ball.

[Brass Cannon]

1 minute ago, brumdog45 said:

He may be better than his current ranking, but even if his ranking increases that doesn't make him 'being better than his ranking' a fact.  And a guy ranked at 219 can be better than his ranking and still not be a big ten level player.

True but in this case he definitely looks to be. 

[RaceToTheTop]

10 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

True but in this case he definitely looks to be. 

And he may very well be.  I just think right now that as IU fans we are conveniently forgetting the number of misses that Painter has had.  And nine years into his time at Purdue there were certainly a lot of calls from Purdue fans for him to be fired....and let's not also forget that he got to come in for an extra year before he became the head coach to get his guys in place.  Certainly no guarantee that the class he got to come in during his second year (Hummel, Martin, Johnson, Moore) was one he could have gotten if he only had their senior year to recruit them.

All I'm saying is that there are a lot of people out there upset that all Miller brought in was a top 30 player, a top 150 player, and a quality grad transfer that has two seasons of eligibility left.  As much as it pains us (and me), if Archie is the right coach that doesn't mean it is going to happen immediately.

And I say this as a guy who was on board with bringing Jalen Windham in, whose ranking isn't good.  But whether or not we were to offer, I am happy that it does seem that CAM did the due diligence to make a determination of whether or not he felt that he was worthy of an offer.  Think back to some things that happened under Crean....particularly the David Williams debacle.  

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

And he may very well be.  I just think right now that as IU fans we are conveniently forgetting the number of misses that Painter has had.  And nine years into his time at Purdue there were certainly a lot of calls from Purdue fans for him to be fired....and let's not also forget that he got to come in for an extra year before he became the head coach to get his guys in place.  Certainly no guarantee that the class he got to come in during his second year (Hummel, Martin, Johnson, Moore) was one he could have gotten if he only had their senior year to recruit them.

All I'm saying is that there are a lot of people out there upset that all Miller brought in was a top 30 player, a top 150 player, and a quality grad transfer that has two seasons of eligibility left.  As much as it pains us (and me), if Archie is the right coach that doesn't mean it is going to happen immediately.  

It’s not about how many quality recruit Miller has brought in for this class and more about how we repeatedly missed on recruits to shore up known needs. I don’t care how many big men you have at the end of the day you need shooters and ball handlers. 

[Honkyman]

IUs recruiting will continue to drop off if we don't win. That has to be the lesson of our inability to land shooters and ball handlers this 2019 spring.  If the 2019-2020 season is a success (i.e., IU wins enough to make it to the NCAA tournament) recruiting will pick up. Until then, we are not likely to do any better than Anthony Leal, a four-star hometown player (who is a shooter).

[ebridges24]

IUs recruiting will continue to drop off if we don't win. That has to be the lesson of our inability to land shooters and ball handlers this 2019 spring.  If the 2019-2020 season is a success (i.e., IU wins enough to make it to the NCAA tournament) recruiting will pick up. Until then, we are not likely to do any better than Anthony Leal, a four-star hometown player (who is a shooter).

And we may not even get him

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[RaceToTheTop]

4 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

It’s not about how many quality recruit Miller has brought in for this class and more about how we repeatedly missed on recruits to shore up known needs. I don’t care how many big men you have at the end of the day you need shooters and ball handlers. 

I don’t disagree.  I was responding to a post that said that we only brought in two players.  I know we need shooters and we didn’t get them.  But I don’t see how that means bringing in a third recruit (for two years) could be counted as anything but a positive and when he’s better than the two guys that transferred.

our shooting will come down to guys that were on the roster (healthy or hurt) last year.  I’m not optimistic about it but ultimately my opinion doesn’t make or miss shots.  I am higher on DeVonte Green than almost anyone here, whether that is right or wrong.

[Capt. Crimson]

20 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

 I am higher on DeVonte Green than almost anyone here, whether that is right or wrong.

I think it depends on which DG shows up. Hopefully he can keep producing like he was at the end of this year.